The car is a 95 Accord EX
After not driving the car for about 3 weeks (out of town on business), I noticed that the front calipers seemed to have seized up in a closed (clamped) position. So yesterday I decided to work on it. I realized that sure enough, the LEFT Front caliper was tightly clamped onto the Rotor (pretty much destroying it and the pads) and I also noticed that it is VERY difficult to close and open (by hand). When I checked the RIGHT front side, everything seemed normal (normal wear on the pads/rotor) and the piston easily opens and closes by hand.

On the LEFT Front, I also noticed an unusual amount of thick grease coating the inside of my wheels, the Control arm, as well as the back side of the caliper. The RIGHT Front (good side) had no grease anywhere.

So my questions are:
-Is this grease related to my caliper issue? I mean there was a LOT of grease...where did it come from? I noticed that the rubber "accordian flex seals" on the pistons were ruptured, but I didn't see any grease coming from the seals?? I also sprayed a bit of WD40 in there just to see if lubricating the pistons would help opening/closing the caliper a bit easier by hand....It didn't.

-What could be causing the problem? I'm going to try and replace the caliper and then bleed that side, to see if that helps.

Any other suggestions????

 

If it's all over the inside of the road wheel, I'm gonna guess a ruptured boot on the axle's outboard CV joint.

 

Thanks for the response.
So then the grease has nothing to do w/ the Brake Caliper then. Damn.

Well I have a new (rebuilt) caliper on the way, so hopefully that will resolve my issues.

How difficult is it to replace the CV joint (if that's what caused the grease)? How expensive are CV joints? Any specialized tools? I'm mechanically inclined (I know Vettes and Fbodies inside out....but I'm relatively ignorant on Honda stuff).

 

IT SHOULD COST ABOUT $65

 

if just the boot is ripped and you hear no noise on turns you can save yourself some money and just replace the outer cv boot ,,aftermarket kit includes, boot, 2 bands and grease is around 10-15 dollars